by Jolene | Aug 10, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
My 4 Tips for Surviving a Special Needs Train Wreck My 4 tips for surviving a special needs train wreck became part of my life decades ago. Our son, who’d had major corrective surgery at birth, was thriving. Or so we thought. Then he pulled away one night while I...
by Janae Copeland | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
What a Difference a Decade Makes! “What a difference a decade makes!” is the joyful cry of guest blogger Janae Copeland as her daughter, born with EA/TEF, turns eleven. Janae shares both the joys and challenges her family experienced when their daughter was born and...
by Jolene | Jan 4, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Uncategorized
EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 is Here! EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 has arrived. Usually Different Dream devotes all of January to EA/TEF Awareness Month. For over ten years, I have issued invitations on Facebook for parents and survivors to share their stories. In the past,...
by Jolene | Jan 5, 2021 | Special Needs Parenting
EA/TEF Awareness Month Has Arrived EA/TEF Awareness Month has arrived. Before writing the introduction for January 2021, I looked at last year’s introduction. It was refreshingly lacking in anything COVID or pandemic-related. It was, however, replete with...
by Jolene | Jan 27, 2020 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
20/20 Hindsight about our Child with Special Needs 20/20 hindsight about our child with special needs was a long time coming. When our son was born in 1982, the doctor said he had a tracheoesophageal fistula TEF, now known as esophageal atresia (EA) or EA/TEF. We were...